Bullous pemphigoid- Ayurvedic Treatment offers safe herbal management owing great results. Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune pruritic skin disease preferentially in older people that may involve the formation of blisters (bullae). Bullous pemphigoid occurs when your immune system attacks a thin layer of tissue below your outer layer of skin.
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- Itching skin lesions
- The skin around the blisters that is normal or reddish
- Egzama
- The blisters are thick and don’t rupture easily
- Blisters along creases or folds in the skin
- Small blisters or sores in the mouth or other mucous membranes (benign mucous membrane pemphigoid)
CAUSES of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- Generally cause is unknown
- People with other autoimmune disorders are found to be at a higher risk for developing pemphigoid.
- Radiation therapy
- Overuse of certain medications
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- Pemphigoid is an autoimmune disease.
- The immune system mistakenly begins to attack healthy tissues. In the case of pemphigoid, the immune system creates antibodies to attack the tissue just below the outer layer of skin.
- This causes the layers of skin to separate and results in painful blistering.
DIAGNOSIS of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- SINAVLAR of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- Inspection of the skin lesions
- SORUŞTURMALAR of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- Laboratory tests – to detect the antibodies produced by the immune system
TREATMENTS of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- Corticosteroids, either in pill or topical form
- Immunosuppressants
- Anti-enflamatuar ilaçlar
- Medicines for itching
- Symptomatic treatments are more effective
PROGNOSIS of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
Prognosis is generally incurable but the symptoms are manageable
COMPLICATIONS of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- Ruptured blisters are usually sensitive and painful
- Permanent damage of skin tissue
BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID AND AYURVEDA
- In Ayurveda, Bullous pemphigoid is fallen under visphota.
- According to Ayurveda, twakrogas are known by the general term Kushta. Visphot is one of the types of Kshudra Kushta. Some of the symptoms of Visphot like shyav or raktavarni(Blackish or Red coloured), tanutwakyukta and stravyuktapitika (Bullae) are similar to Bullous pemphigoid.
- General medicines used for the treatment of skin diseases (kushta) are effective in bullous pemphigoid.
NIDANA- Ayurvedic CAUSES of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- Excess consumption of acrid, hot, ununctuous food
- Injuries
PURVAROOPAM- Ayurvedic PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- Kırmızımsı cilt lezyonları
SAMPRAPTHI MATURATION of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
In the pathogenesis of Visphoṭaka, tridoṣas (vāta, pitta and kapha) are involved with the predominance of pitta ve kapha.
LAKSHANA Ayurvedic SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- Burning sensation
- Ateş
- Thirst
- Blisters on the skin
- Sotha – inflammation
- Kleda and srava – oozing
Ayurvedic PROGNOSIS of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- Difficult to cure – krichra sadhya
CHIKITSA- Ayurvedic TREATMENT of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
LOCAL
- Local application of concentrated PañcavalkalaKvātha [decoction of the barks of five herbs, namely Ficus benghalensis (Vaṭa), Ficus glomerata Roxb. (Udumbara), Ficus religiosa Linn. (Aśvattha), Thespesia populnea Soland. ex Correa. (Pāriśa) and Ficus lecor Buch. Ham. (Plakṣa)]
- Jatyadi taila
Ayurvedic SAMANA Treatment of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- Arogyavardhini Rasa
- Gandhaka Rasāyana
- Panchatikta ghrita
Ayurvedic SHODHANA/ Panchkarma Treatment of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- VIRECHANAM – mild purgation daily
COMMONLY USED Ayurvedic MEDICINES of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
İç yönetim
- Arogyavardhini Rasa
- Gandhaka Rasāyana
- Panchatikta ghrita
- Triphala guggulu
- Sarivadyasava
HOME REMEDIES of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- Intake of Indian gooseberry – cools the body
DIET AND BEHAVIOUR for BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- Sindirimi zor, soğuk ve kuru yiyecekler gibi dosha dengesizliği yaratan yiyeceklerden kaçının. Çünkü dosha dengesizliği semptomları ağırlaştırır.
- Kolay sindirilebilir gıda maddeleri tüketin
- Avoid exposure to sunlight
YOGA for BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – calms the mind and gets relief from the pain associated with blisters
Hastanın meditatif bir duruşta oturması, başının ve omurgasının dik, vücudunun rahat olması gerekir. Hasta bir burun deliğini (örneğin sağ elini kullanıyorsa sol burun deliğini veya tam tersi) başparmağıyla kapatmalı ve diğer burun deliğinden tamamen nefes vermelidir. Yine, diğer burun deliği başparmakla hala kapalıyken diğer burun deliğinden derin nefes alması gerekecektir.
RESEARCH PAPERS of BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
- Autoimmune Bullous Skin Disease Managed with Ayurvedic Treatment: A Case Report
- Successful management of bullous pemphigoid (visphot) through ayurveda – a case study
http://ayurpub.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/502-506.pdf
Keywords: Bullous pemphigoid, visphota, Ayurveda

